Carpet-fastener



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CARPET PASTBNBR.

Pawnted- May 9, 1882'.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SETH J. SPITLER, OF GREENVILLE, MICHIGAN.

CARPET-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 257,624, dated May'9, 1882,

Application filed March 15, 1852. (Xo model.

To all whom it may concer/n Be it known that I, SETE J. SPrrLEa, of

VGreenville, in the county of Montcalm `and State of Michigan, have invented new and uscful Improvements in Devices for Laying Car pets; andI hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description thereof, ref erence being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part ot' this specification.

The nature of this invention rela-tes to certain new and novelimprovementsin themethod and means employed for `laying carpets, the object of the invention being to provide a device whereby the carpet can be laid without the necessity of tacking the same to the door; and the invention consists in the peculiar ada ptation of a supplemental molding designed to be removably secured to the base ot' the mopboard, said supplemental molding being provided with suitable hooks to engage with the carpet, all as more fully hereinafter set. forth.

Figure `l is a perspective representing the application ot' my improved invention. Fig. 2 isa section showing the mannerot' securing the carpet and molding in place. t

In the aceompan yin g drawings, A represent the mop-board ot' a room, and is a portion ot' the stationary carpentryY iu the ordinary construction of buildings. To this mop-board, nea r the lower edge thereof, and at suitable distances apart, I rigidly secure the metallic loops or staples B.

C represents a strip of suitable molding, the back face of which is cut away its entire length, substantially in the form shown. 'lo the vertical rear face of this molding U, I rigidly secure the pins or lugs E, so that they shall be Hush with such face of the molding. Near the lower edge of the molding, and upon the rear face thereof, I secure a series ot' hooks, D, which are designed to engage with the edge ot' the carpet. t

In practice the carpet, having first been titi ted or cut so as to conform -to the sizeof the room in which it is to be laid, is hooked upon the series of hooks D, when one side and one end of the carpet may be secured to place by inserting studs E in their respective loops B upon the mop-board C. A proper stretcher is then applied upon the opposite side and end- 'one at a time, ot' course-to draw the carpet to the side ot" the room, where it is detached. When it has been sufficiently stretched in this direction the 'studs E upon the respective strips ot' molding can readily be secured to the mopboard, as above described.

At the spaces occupied by the doors, and

where the mop-board does not occur, the edge of the carpet may be provided with any suitable means ,'or detachably securing the carpet to the floor without the employment of tacksas. for instance, a series of rings may be secured upon theloweredge ot the carpet at these points to engage with suitable pins or stops, which project slightly above the floor for the purpose. By this means it will readily be seen that the carpet can be quickly laid or taken up l'or the purposes of cleaning, or in cases ot' emergency, while the danger of ripping the carpet iu taking it up when nailed to theiloor isentirely avoided.

What I claim as my invention is- A device for securing or laying carpets, consisting ofa supplementalmolding, C, provided with studs E and hooks D, the latter of which engage with the carpet, while the former engage with loops upon the base-board, substantially in the manner and for the purposes specitied.

SETH J. SPITLER.

Witnesses: y

H. b. SPRAGUE, E. SeULLY. 

